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• N.N. ROO († 1976)
• Cornelis Adrianus van Dijk, Zoelmond (Beusichem) (Buren) (GL) († 2009)
• Ryan Lee van der Molen, Ames, Story County, Iowa († 1982)
• Lanney Joseph Hupka, Homestead AFB, Maimi-Dade, Florida, The United States of America

• Cecil Vertie Arthur (80)
• Aaltje Wouters (78)
• Arnoldus Jacobus Peters (64), Helmond
• aaltje wouters (78)
• Alida Berendina Braakman (77), Haarlem
• Anna Maria Menke (84), Hengelo
• Boudewijn Meijwaard (57), Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Christoffer Jacobus Josephus Metz (75), Oerle
• Antje van Ginkel (77)
• Dirkje RUITEN (76), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland

• 1972 » Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire
• 1972 » Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
• 1973 » Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 » Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
• 1974 » Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
• 1976 » Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1977 » Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
• 1978 » Scott Raynor, American drummer
• 1979 » Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Rasual Butler, American basketball player († 2018)

• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
• 1979 » S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
• 1981 » David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
• March 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
• July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
• July 20 » The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
• July 22 » Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.
• September 11 » A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
• November 26 » "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock

The temperature on May 23, 1976 was between 6.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.